Chopra smashes 97* to fire Nirlon SC to victory

MUMBAI: Agni Chopra’s quickfire 97 not out (57b, 5x4, 8x6) did the job as Nirlon Sports Club beat Nanavati Super Speciality Hospital by 10 runs in a highscoring first-round match of the RCF-organised Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar T20 Cup.

202/7 in 20 overs (Amogh Bhatkal 44, Agni Chopra 97*; Onkar Jadhav

2/47, Pratik Patade 2/2) beat

192/8 in 20 overs (Onkar Jadhav 38, Bins Neyyoth 57; Saurabh Bahutule 3/34, Salman Khan 2/38) by 10 runs;

186/6 in 18 overs (Japjeet Singh Randhwa 37, Vaibhav Patil 41*, Omkar Ghule 39; Rohit Singh 2/29) beat

159/8 in 18 overs (Krunal Nar 32, Karansingh Nande 32; Omkar Ghule 3/23, Saksham Parashar 2/33, Maxwell

Swaninathan 2/24) by 27 runs.

1st MCA Women’s League brief scores: Ours Cricket Club 18 in 11.5 overs (Aditi Surve 7/6) lost to

21 for no loss in 1.3

overs;

92/6 in 20 overs (Aditi Mahadik 37) lost to 93/2 in 15.1 overs (Sneha Raorane 57*) by 8 wickets;

126/5 in 20 overs beat

103/9 in 16.3 overs (Saniya medallist Bajrang Punia pulled out. In the nordic round, Anuj won all his three bouts beating Sujeet (3-1), Jaskaran Singh (6-3), Suraj Kokata (10-4).

“I won the trials for the U-23 world championships but the team did not get a visa for Spain, except for one wrestler. That was not my fault. The U-23 Worlds medallist was allowed to participate and If I had gone there I could have won a medal too. I am also a National Games champion. I felt like everything was being taken away from me. The criteria set was not right,” Anuj, 23, said.

Chander Mohan (74kg) and Sachin Mor (79kg), who too competed after the court order, also gave a good display.

Shete 3/12) by 23 runs;

67 in 17.3 overs (Vaishnavi Palav 4/15) lost to

71/3 in 10.4 overs (Kimaya Rane 42) by 6 wickets.

Navi Mumbai Premier League brief scores: Ambernath Avengers 112/8 in 20 overs (Parag Jadhav 39; Shreyas Gurav 2/19) lost to

115/5 in 19 overs (Shantunu Nayak 34, Aniket Khadpe 32;

Prasad Shngote 2/10) by 5 wkts;

151 in 19.4 overs (Japjeet Singh 79, Armaan Shaikh 36; Sumit Markali 3/28) beat 103/8 in 20 overs (Yash Singh 3/14) 48 runs.

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